Close-up and President Gallegos outside Mount Vernon
President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (front row, second from left) and his wife visit Mount Vernon. Others are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman, behind the podium, addresses a crowd on hand to greet President Romulo Gallegos (at President Truman's right) of Venezuela, upon his arrival at Washington National Airport aboard the Independence. The Venezuelan Chief Executive will accompany President Truman Sunday morning to Bolivar, Missouri, where a statue of Simon Bolivar, the father of his country, will be unveiled. (See also 73-2650 thru 2662.) From: Papers of Harry W. Frantz, Box 5, Folder "Aut 48"